Muzaffer Ozak

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Muzaffer Ozak


Born
Istanbul, Turkey
Died
February 12, 1985

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Muzaffer Ozak was one of the head sheikhs of the Halveti-Jerrahi order of Dervishes, a traditional muslim Sufi order (tarika) from Istanbul (Turkey). In western countries he is well known because of his visits to Europe and the United States of America where he celebrated public dhikrs (Remembrance of God; in Turkish "zikrullah") with his dervishes. He is also well known in Turkey for his "ilahis," religious Sufi hymns. Ozak also ran a bookstore in the Sahaflar Çarşısı in Istanbul.
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Irşad
English: Irshad – Wisdom of a Sufi Master
Aşk Yolu Vuslat Tariki
English: The Unveiling of Love
Spanish: La Develación del Amor
Envar-ül-Kulub
English: Lights of the Hearts
Ziynet-ül-Kulub
English: Adornment of Hearts
Gülsar-i Arifan
Hazret-i Meryem (not publishe
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Average rating: 4.47 · 297 ratings · 26 reviews · 13 distinct works
Irshad: Wisdom of a Sufi Ma...

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Blessed Virgin Mary (Ashki ...

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Adornment of Hearts (Ashki ...

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The Garden of Dervishes (As...

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Ashki's Divan (Ashki Book)

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Light of the Hearts

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Büyük Mızraklı İlmihal

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Der Wein der Sufis.

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Ziynet-ül-Kulub

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Envar-ül Kulub Set (3 Cilt)

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“Love makes us speak; love makes us moan; love makes us die; love brings us to life; love makes us drunk and bewildered; it sometimes makes one a king. Love and the lover have no rigid doctrine. Whichever direction the lover takes he turns toward his beloved. Wherever he may be, he is with his beloved. Wherever he goes, he goes with his beloved. He cannot do anything, cannot survive for one moment even, without his beloved. He constantly recalls his beloved, as his beloved remembers him. Lover and beloved, rememberer and remembered, are ever in each other’s company, always together.”
Muzaffer Ozak, The Unveiling of Love: Sufism and the Remembrance of God

“SUFISM is not different from the mysticism of all religions. Mysticism comes from Adam (God’s Peace upon him). It has assumed different shapes and forms over many centuries, for example, the mysticism of Jesus (God’s Peace upon him), of monks, of hermits, and of Muhammed (God’s Peace and Blessings upon him). A river passes through many countries and each claims it for its own. But there is only one river.”
Muzaffer Ozak, Love Is the Wine: Talks of a Sufi Master in America

“Keçi gibi olma! Koyun atlamış su arkından kuyruğu kalkmış, keçi gülermiş, niye gülüyorsun demişler, koyunun edep yeri göründü demiş..halbuki keçininki hep açık!...hiç kapanmaz onunki!...böyle olma sakın ha!!

Kimle konuşursan konuş kendini ondan dûn gör! "Belki bu zât Allah'a benden daha yakındır" diyeceksin..Konuştuğun genç ise yine böyle düşüneceksin, diyeceksin ki "bu adam gençtir, benim kadar günah işlememiştir bunun günahı benden azdır"

Kendinden yaşlı ile konuşacaksın, şöyle düşüneceksin; diyeceksin ki "bu benden yaşlıdır, ben bunun kadar Allah demedim, Allah'a bu kadar ibadet etmedim, bunun ibadeti benden fazladır" diyeceksin! böyle düşüneceksin!

Kâfirle konuştuğun vakit, şunu da hatırlayacaksın; diyeceksin ki "bu adama son nefeste iman nasib olursa, bu ehl-i saadetten olur, ya benim imanın selb olursa, halim nice olur" diyeceksin!!”
Muzaffer Ozak, Irshad: Wisdom of a Sufi Master